Supply Chain built an org planning tool

“It's just CRUD.”— Regional Sales Lead

Reason:

Because the project has been 90% finished for 15 months. With 1399 users and zero documentation.

Built by:

Anja, a field technician

Build time:

43 minutes

Built with:

Power Apps, licensed to exactly one employee

Database:

a second Postgres called temp-new, for safety

Authentication:

the guest Wi-Fi password is also the admin password

Deployment:

deployed on Tuesday immediately before a public holiday

Responsible:

Kevin, according to Jira

Documentation:

a Confluence page owned by Ravi, who left

Security situation:

the admin page is protected by not linking to it

Future disaster:

It will be replaced by a second version of itself.

Age: 1.4 years · originally expected to last 4 weeks · 1 owner so far · survived 1 reorganisation · last meaningful change 522 days ago

Rated common mostly because: 429 users, alive 17x longer than intended, €13k per year.